New Apple 'text bomb' bug causes iPhones to crash

Carrie Austin

A "new" bug has been discovered in iOS that can cause the Messages application to malfunction, forcing it to freeze and respring - throttling the performance of the affected iPhone (or iPad) in the interim. The bug gets into action even if the victim doesn't click on a specific link sent through iMessage to deliver it. Masri revealed in a Twitterpost that the flaw, which he named ChaiOS bug, could freeze your iPhone.

Remember when you could send and receive a prank text message or email without being malicious?

Users have reported their devices freezing, crashes and restart loops, before eventually being returned to the Lock Screen. However, if someone injects an excruciatingly long string and then the Messages app has to show a preview of that link based on the metadata, it essentially crashes.

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